In the early morning, the sun shines on the sparkling sea.

The noise and firelight of last night is long gone, replaced by the whistling of the sea breeze.

Every now and then a large plank sinks and floats in the waves, carrying up one or two mutilated and charred corpses.

The sea mercilessly swallowed everything that happened last night.

Only the Vigan fishermen, who had risen early to go fishing, could see the remnants of wood and mutilated corpses left on the surface.

Boatloads of Ming troops, dressed in iron armor and armed with sharp blades, patrolled the coast.

"Your Excellency, in this battle, our army annihilated a total of 21 warships of the Fish Dragon Gang pirates." Wang Tong saw Liu Yu swaggering to the dock with a group of businessmen, and hurriedly went up to say goodbye.

Last night he personally led a group of soldiers aboard the pirates' main ship and cut off the head of one of the thieves.

At this moment, the armor was still stained with dark red blood that had long since dried up, and there was a bloody human head in his hand.

This appearance shocked all the businessmen present.

"Hey, isn't this the second leader of the Ichthyosaurus Gang, Ghost Li?" Among the merchants present, many of the merchant ships had been plundered by the Ichthyosaurus, for which ransom had been paid.

Therefore, he was more familiar with the second leader of the Fish and Dragon Gang, so someone quickly recognized him.

"Congratulations to the king for destroying a great disaster on the Luzon Sea." Uda hurriedly said.

"Congratulations to Master Wang." Those present chimed in.

The results of this battle were amazing, the Ming army used fire to destroy more than 20 large and small pirate ships, while the Ming army only lost the same number of arsonist ships.

In addition, the mercenaries of the Weigan Chamber of Commerce were used to help in the battle, and the Ming army only lost 23 people in this battle.

However, more than 150 pirates were beheaded and more than 200 people were captured.

Liu Yu was not polite to these captives.

They were sent directly to the mine not far away.

A big reason why the Ming army went south to Luzon was that Luzon had a lot of gold and silver.

That is, there are gold veins and silver mines in Luzon.

When he first landed in Luzon, Xiao Wu also sent people to reconnoiter the veins of Luzon.

However, because of the lack of manpower, it is impossible to continue, so it will not be done.

However, the situation changed greatly after the takedown of Wigan.

The Spaniards set up a mining bureau in Vigan.

Many of the mineral information of the veins of central Luzon is also hidden in the archives of the Mining Bureau.

This gave Liu Yu a great gift, and he quickly set up a mining department and took over the Spanish mining bureau in Vigan and nearby mines.

At this moment, Liu Yu is worried that there is no coolie, although these pirates are familiar with water, but Liu Yu does not dare to put them on the Ming army warship, for fear of making some moths for himself.

It would be better to send them to the mines to work as coolies, which can be regarded as cheap labor.

"Li Du, I order you to lead 12 sailor warships to the Twin Islands immediately to exterminate the remaining pirates of the Fish Dragon Gang." Liu Yu conveyed the order to exterminate the remnants of the Fish and Dragon Gang in front of many merchants of the Four Seas Commercial Bank.

"The last general commands." Li Du's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly went down to dispatch soldiers and warships, ready to set sail at any time.

Previously, because of the battle wounds in the Battle of Penghu, Li Du missed a series of battles on Luzon Island.

After recuperating from his injuries, he was naturally indignant, and at this moment, it was finally his turn to lead the troops, and he was naturally ecstatic.

"Your Excellency." Su Langqing, who had been silent on the side, stepped forward.

"Congratulations to the Lord for exterminating the Fish and Dragon Gang, but this is a small trouble, if the real big disaster is not eliminated, I am afraid that the Four Seas Commercial Bank will not be able to operate.

Liu Yu naturally knew the great trouble mentioned by Su Langqing,

The Ichthyosaurs are just a small group of pirates in the Luzon Sea.

The real maritime giants who are making waves in Luzon are all in Laoag at the moment.

There are many pirates in Luzon, and these pirates are not eliminated for a day, which has always been a huge hidden danger for the Four Seas Commercial Bank opened by Liu Yu.

However, there was always a beginning, and at least the largest group of pirates roaming the waters near Vigan was wiped out.

For Vigan City, it was fortunate to have a brief period of calm.

At least they can go to sea now, which is undoubtedly the greatest irony for the Manilan businessmen standing in the port of Manila.

Governor Juan suddenly found himself in what seemed to be a big fuss.

Watch the mountains of cargo on Manila's harbor and the merchant ships anchored in the harbor, as well as the richly dressed merchants walking around the city.

If Governor Juan, who had stood on the hill in the past, had seen this scene in the harbor, he would have naturally thanked God for the blessings that Spain had blessed.

But the current Governor Juan is not in the mood to thank God.

There was a lot of noise outside the manor.

A group of guards held back the influx of people.

"Juan, my ship has been parked in the port of Manila for a whole month, when will we be released back to Batavia?"

"For God's sake, let us go to sea."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Governor Juan angrily smashed a fine porcelain beside his hand.

Seeing this, the maid on the side hurriedly took a piece of cloisonné next to her into her arms.

News of the crushing defeat of Scott's fleet soon reached Manila.

The death of General Scott and the crushing defeat of the Spanish fleet plunged the whole of Manila into a panic.

It is recognized that there are many pirates in the waters of Luzon.

But when did the pirates become so arrogant that they openly called out the Spanish naval fleet, and they actually won.

Thinking about the Akito entrenched in the north, Governor Juan's forehead was bruised.

"Those slaves of the dead country actually united with pirates, I should have thought that the original Zheng family's fleet was not a group of pirates?" Looking at the noisy and restless crowd outside the manor, Governor Juan tried to calm the anger in his heart.

"Governor, the merchants are so angry that the guards are about to be overwhelmed." A Manila official stepped forward and whispered.

"Are your muskets dumb, won't you shoot?" The emotions that Juan had tried to suppress finally exploded.

"But, they're all businessmen from Manila." The Manila official hesitated.

"Juan, this is not something a governor can do." Suddenly, a businessman with elegant manners walked through the door.

When Governor Juan heard this, the bruises on his forehead burst out, and no one dared to speak to him like this, so he turned around angrily and just wanted to scold angrily, but he was stunned for a moment

How can such a person appear in Manila at such a time?

He looked incredulously at the figure that appeared in front of him.

"Sir Gore," the Manila officials on the side also recognized the businessman in front of them and spoke one after another.

"Why are you here, haven't I already blocked Manila Bay?" He glared viciously at the officials in charge of Manila's port.

"Please don't embarrass them, my friend." Sir Gore waved his hand gentlemanly and picked up a tea set from the squire's hand.

"Tea just brought back from China, authentic Chinese tea."

Juan grew upset when he heard Sir Gore mention the word China, and he looked at Sir Gore impatiently, as if he had a close relationship with the English knight.

"It looks like my Chinese friend is causing you a lot of trouble."

"Friend, do you mean those Ming people from the north?"

"Yes." Sir Gore nodded,

Unfortunately, they were approached by our East India Company fleet a few months earlier, when they were on their way from Taiwan to Luzon.

"They wanted us Englishmen to help them, and one of them convinced me that, for God's sake, I gave them 20 barrels of gunpowder." Sir Gore explained.

"For God's sake, I should have hanged you, didn't I?" Juan gritted his teeth and looked at the British knight in front of him with an angry expression.

"Not long ago, I hanged a smuggling British merchant in the port of Manila, and now I'm afraid I'm going to hang a British nobleman." Juan intimidated.

Sir Gore did not panic in the face of Governor Juan's intimidation, but took his teacup and drank the tea with a strong aroma.

"If Governor Juan really hangs me, then Spain will lose a great deal of business."

When Governor Juan heard the word business, he suddenly calmed down.

"What kind of business, I'm not in the mood to do business with you right now, I want to do business and go to the Manila Chamber of Commerce."

"No, no, no, No, Your Excellency, this business can't be done by a merchant alone." Gore smiled and looked at Juan in front of him.

"If I can, I'd like to talk to the Governor alone."